Editing Media coverage of the Iraq War (section)

{{Short description|none}}[[Image:GeraldoCHCI.jpg|thumb|right| Journalist [[Geraldo Rivera]] who while with the [[101st Airborne Division]] during war with Iraq in 2003 began to disclose an upcoming operation drawing a map in the sand for his audience.]]
The [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] had unprecedented [[Mass media in the United States|US media coverage]], especially cable news networks.<ref name=Rutenberg20030416>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/16/us/nation-war-media-cable-s-war-coverage-suggests-new-fox-effect-television.html |title=A NATION AT WAR: THE NEWS MEDIA; Cable's War Coverage Suggests a New 'Fox Effect' on Television Journalism |last=Rutenberg |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Rutenberg |date=April 16, 2003 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> US media was largely uncritical of the war, with many viewers falsely believing that Saddam Hussein and Iraq were involved with the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 attacks]]. British media was more cautious in its coverage. The Qatari [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al-Jazeera]] network was heavily critical of the war.